ROADMAP 2021/22 Best of a bright future
Embedded vision and 3D imaging are top of the agenda on a lot of companies’ plans for the coming year
Over the next 12 months Gpixel is ramping up several image sensors currently in the sampling stage. Gsprint4521, providing 21 megapixels at 1,000fps, is the fastest imager commercially available and ideally suited for sports broadcasting and other high- speed video applications. Gmax32152 is the world’s highest resolution global shutter sensor, and its 152 megapixels will be put to work in flat panel inspection and aerial imaging. GTOF0503 provides improved precision
over previous generations of time-of-flight sensors and specifically targets robotics and inspection. Also, Gpixel will be launching a new product family for the professional imaging segment that will be especially exciting for drones and cinematography. Te company will continue to focus on the needs of the speciality imaging market while expanding its portfolio to serve more applications.
www.gpixel.com
Emberion’s focus on industrial machine vision will continue over the coming year; its evaluation kit camera is currently available. Emberion produces high-performance visible to shortwave infrared cameras, from 400 to 2,000nm, based on its nanomaterials- based sensor and custom CMOS readout integrated circuit. Te company’s camera and sensor roadmap includes a spectral range of up to 2,500nm, megapixel densities and frame rates up to 400fps, all of which will be released over the near term. Moving into next year Emberion will start
Depending on customer requirements and know-how, the FPGA with its 120,000 LUTs is fully accessible. In addition, Vision Components offers customer-specific FPGA implementation for quick and easy integration with OEM applications. Te board will be available towards the end of 2021.
www.vision-components.com
New from Hema Electronic is a mainboard carrying the Xilinx Kria system-on-
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to offer 400fps cameras for optical sorting and other markets. Te performance of the sensor will allow it to detect objects in dark conditions with competitive signal-to-noise ratio, while taking advantage of its high dynamic range. Additionally, the firm is developing an
ultra-broadband solution that will cover a wavelength range from the visible into the midwave infrared for simultaneous imaging in areas such as broadband surveillance and hyperspectral imaging.
www.emberion.com
Vision Components will present an FPGA- based hardware accelerator designed for image processing and analysis tasks. Offering two Mipi-CSI-2 interfaces for input and output, and a powerful FPGA, the tiny board can be integrated directly into Mipi data streams. It can process and merge data from several cameras – i.e. for stereo vision applications – or can be used as an AI accelerator platform.
module to demonstrate the firm’s fast and modular embedded vision design service for industrial developments. Te main focus towards the end of the year will be to integrate Xilinx modules with edge AI capabilities into Hema’s embedded vision platform. Tis platform allows customers to assemble interfaces and functionalities from a modular system and also add their own circuits. As a result, users receive customised, close-to-production electronics in just six weeks from the time of order. Tis is ideal to bridge the gap between evaluation and series production. Te rapid development of individual
prototypes is also enabled by the company’s fast lane board service, which will also be enhanced. In addition, Hema plans to integrate new system-on-modules from its partners Xilinx and Enclustra, and to expand its modular platform with new functions and interfaces for industrial vision applications.
www.hema.de
Following Active Silicon’s acquisition by Solid State in March 2021, the firm is widening its skills base into broader embedded computing and technology for harsh environments. Tis year will see the company launch
technology designed for IoT applications but suitable for many more. Its Harrier IP camera interface board
provides IP (Ethernet) output for compact autofocus-zoom cameras. It is based on a powerful system-on-chip processor that
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